During the summer trimesters of the Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art (MFA) program at Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D), MFA low- and full-residency graduate candidates descend on Portland, Maine, for an eight-week intensive to bond as an artistic cohort while exploring the interdisciplinary conversation that will challenge and inform the art created throughout their program. Central to this Summer Intensive is the intimate exchange between our emerging artist candidates and the prestigious visiting artists who are on site each week for lectures, critiques, and studio visits.
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Summer Visiting Artist Lecture Series, running from June 16 through July 30:
- Vincent Tiley works between art and fashion to create garment-based durational performances that explore how clothing is used as language.
- Pap Souleye Fall is a Senegalese-American artist who explores the transmedia potential between sculpture, installation, performance, cosplay, digital media, and comics.
- Dr. Nadia Buyse is an artist, theorist, cultural activist, and musician whose music spans genres and is united by a DIY aesthetic, transmedial performance, and video art.
- Anne Harris has been painting slowly and drawing quickly, working in variants of self-portraiture, for the last 30 years.
- Paul D’Amato was raised in Boston during the civil rights movement, which shaped his interest in making work about class, community, and the simple drama of everyday life.
- Faythe Levine, a curator, photographer, director, and author, was once a prominent figure in the DIY ethic indie craft movement.
- Yoko Inoue is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work takes the form of sculpture, installation, collaborative projects, and public intervention performance art.
- More to come…
In 2024, the MFA Visiting Artists Series featured names such as Jane Wong, Demian DinéYahzi, Sonya Schönberger, and more.
To learn more, visit meca.edu/mfa.